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# Eliza Farnham

(1815–1864)   Novelist

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Eliza Farnham was a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Eliza Farnham

Born November 17, 1815

Died December 15, 1864

Profession Novelist

## About Eliza Farnham

American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform... \| Eliza Wood Burns Farnham was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform.

##  Quotes by Eliza Farnham

> [Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-farnham/each-of-the-arts-whose-office-is-to-refine-purify-adorn-embellish-and/)

[Eliza Farnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-farnham/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/eliza-farnham-69742_art_each-of-the-arts-whose-office-is-to-refi_43384.png)

> [Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-farnham/our-own-theological-church-as-we-know-has-scorned-and-vilified-the/)

[Eliza Farnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-farnham/)

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/eliza-farnham-69742_body_our-own-theological-church-as-we-know-ha_794469.png)

> [The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-farnham/the-ultimate-aim-of-the-human-mind-in-all-its-efforts-is-to-become/)

[Eliza Farnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-farnham/)

[Aim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/eliza-farnham-69742_aim_the-ultimate-aim-of-the-human-mind-in-al_2957517.png)

> [The human face is the organic seat of beauty… It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-farnham/the-human-face-is-the-organic-seat-of-beauty-it-is-the-register-of/)

[Eliza Farnham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-farnham/)

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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